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AadClayConn ty Progress
Volwa* 73 - Numbw 39 Murphy. North CmllM, TW?4<ry, April 25, 1963 14 Po??. Thl. ?trl> Pybllst.?4 Warkly '' y*"o* "o l?n ?
Auto Was Traveling South Whan It Mat Truck (Scout Photo)
Mrs. Shook'* Track Overturned, Landed Right Side Up (Scout Photo)
Auto/ Truck Collide
MURPHY - A pick-up truck
was struck by an automobile
Saturday, April 20, around
12:15 pjn. at the Intersection
of the Joe Brown Highway and
Texanna Road,
A 1959 Chevrolet pick-ig)
truck driven by Mrs, Odel
Rogers Shook, 59, of Route
2, Canton. N. C? was attempt
ing to turn left from the Joe
Brown Highway into Texanna
Road when she was hit by a
Renew Now
MURPHY-During the hustle
and bustle of lsst year's
"Campaign For Progress,"
there might have been a mis
take made in connection with
your expiration date. If you
should spot a mistake in your
date, please notify Mrs. Bar
bara P. Tipton at die Cherokee
Scout Office.
We are now in the process
of sending out expiration nod
ces and will be continuing to
do so through the next two
months. We hope you will re
new when you receive your
notice.
Traffic Deaths
RALEIGH - The Motor Ve
hicles Department's summary
of traffic deaths through 10
a. m. Monday, April 22. 1963:
lUlled To Date 137
Killed To Date Last Year 332
1960 Pontlac driven by Ralph
Harold Martin, 20, of Bast
Point, Ga., traveling south on
the Joe Brown Highway.
It was the third accident at
the Intersection In twelve
months.
According a> Murphy Police
records, Mr. Martin's car was
traveling 30 trup.h. In a 35 m.p.
h. zone and 10 m.p.h. at the
point of Impact. Mrs. Shook
was attempting a left turn too
soon.
Upon Impact, the 1959 pick
up truck overturned down an
embankment on the left side
of the road and came to rest
right side ig>.
Joseph Morris, 19, of Rt.
2, Murphy, a passenger In the
1960 automobile suffered lac
erations of the bead. He was
taken to the doctor by Jack
Dickey. Martin was not Injur
ed.
whatever in the
Dean Shook, a passenger in
the truck, and Mrs. Shook
both suffered lacerations of
the head and bruises. They
were taken e the doctor by
a passing motorist
Coming
Events In
Andrews
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
3:00 p.m. - Valley River Gar
den Club will meet at the
home of Mrs. R. A. Dewar.
7:00 p.m. - Lions Family
Night picnic at Berkshire
Picnic area.
7:30 p.m. - MYF Sub-District
meeting at Methodist Fel
lowship Hall.
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
Civil Air Patrol Squadron
will leave for Gastonla to at
tend annual training exercise
to be beldSaturday andSunday,
SUNDAY, APRIL 28
11:00 a.m. - Revival service
will begin atFlrstMethodlst
Church.
TUESDAY, APRIL 30
6:30 pjn. - Rotary Club will
meet at Shell Dining Room.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1
WSCS of First Methodist
will go to Training School In
Murphy.
County-Wide Revaluation
Of Real Property Begun
By Professional Appraisers
MURPHY - This ?Mk? pro
fessional (Barn of property ap
praisers undertook the task
of revaluing real property In
Cherokee County. The work
began Monday, April 22. The
revaluation of all real pro
perty will take eight months.
The work must be completed
by January, 1964.
The firm of Carroll-Phelps
Co. of Winston-Salem, N. C.
has been hired for a fee of
$36,000 by the county com
missioners. This firm reval
ued real property In Clay
County several years ago and
revalued property throughout
the state.
All taxable real property
(land, buildings) will be re
valued for tax purposes. In
cluded in this revaluation will
be all of the large industries
located in the county.
According to A. C. (Bob)
Carroll, head of the appraisal
firm, "The purpose of this
program Is the equalization of
real property taxes. These
programs are not designed as
a means to Increase revenues
but mainly to see that each
taxpayer pays his fair share
of the tax burden."
Carroll, 42, Is a native of
Winston - Salem. He is
married, a graduate of Rey
nolds High School, Winston
Salem, and has been In the
business for 17-years.
The revaluation of real pro
perty In Cherokee County at
this time Is required by N. C.
Section 300 (GJ?. 105-278) of
the North Carolina Machinery
Act sets tq> the following sche
dule for revaluation of real
property:
"In the following years and
In every eighth year there
after, as of January first of
said years, as set out herein
by divisions of counties, all
real property shall be listed
and assessed for ad valoren
tax purposes."
"Division Four - 1964
Avery, Camden, Cherokee,
Cleveland, Cumberland, Gull
ford, Harnert, Haywood,
Montgomery, Northhampton,
Wayne, and Wilkes."
An effort was made to post
pone revaluation at the present
time due id lack of finds ac
cording to J. W. Donley,
Rot. Witter
Visits Mother
MURPHY - The Rev. H. C.
Witter left last Thursday,
April 18, for Washington, D.
C., to be with his mother,
Mrs. Lovle Witter who has
been 111 and also underwent
surgery Monday of this week.
Last report was that she was
getting along nicely.
The Rev. Witter spent the
night In Charlotte Tuesday en
route to Mounteagel, Term.,
where he will enter a training
school for several days.
Cherokee County Tex Ser
vitor. No levy wee made to
finance an appraisal* How
ever, such revaluation la com
pulsory and must be complet
ed by January, 1964, Donley
added.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 25
3:15 p.m. - Cherub and Jun
ior Choirs First Methodist
Church.
3:30 p.m. - Murphy Garden
Club (o meet in the home
of Mrs. E. H. Brumby with
Mrs. Holland McSwaln as
co-hostess.
7:30 p.m. - Murphy Chapter
No. 10 Order of Eastern
Star B meet in Masonic
Hall.
Rescue Squad to meet at
Murphy Power Board build
ing.
SUNDAY, APRIL 28
6:15 a.m. - Mass at Provi
dence Hospital Chapel.
3:00 p.m. - Certified Lay
Speaker conference id be
held in Waynesvllle with
Noland B. Harmon as the
speaker.
5:00 pjn. - Concord Choir
of First Baptist Church.
MYF at First Methodist
Church.
MONDAY, APRIL 29
7:30 p.m. - PTA meeting at
Rock Building Murphy Ele
mentary School.
TU Exec. Committee. Mt.
Pleasant Baptist Church.
8:00 p.m. - Circus at Fair
Grounds sponsored by the
Rescue Squad.
TUESDAY, APRIL 30
9:00 a.m. - State Convention
of Womens Club to be held
at Grove Park Inn in Asbe
vtlle through May 2.
10:00 a.m. - WSCS First
Methodist Church study
course in Men's Bible Class
Room.
5:00 p.m. - Annual WMU Assn.
meeting and covered dish
supper atPeachtree Baptist
Church.
6:30 pjn, - Stewardship Loy
alty dinner at First
Methodist Church.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1
9:30 a.m. - Sub-District WSC
First Methodist Church in
Murphy.
4:15 p.m. - Carol Choir of
First Baptist Church.
6:30 p.m. - Sunday School
Worker at First Bap
tist Church.
Stewardship Loyalty din
ner First Methodist Church
in Murphy.
7:20 p.m. - Midweek services
at Presbyterian Church.
7:30 pjn. - Midweek service
Free Methodist Church.
8:00 pjn. - Hour of Power
First Baptist Church.
Out-Of-Town Cost For
Fire Protection Topic
At Town Board Meeting
MURPHY - The Murphy
Town Board met In special
session Thursday night, April
18, ?> discuss cost of provid
ing fire protection outside the
Murphy town limits.
It was resolved that the
board meet with the Cherokee
County Commissioners at
their next meeting to discuss
the situation of the Murphy
fire truck answering calls out
side the town limits.
It Is hoped that a resolution
can be worked out between
the cotatty and town, C. E.
Johnson, town clerk said.
In other business, the town
board decided to replace all
the old parking meters In
downtown Murphy with new
automatic meters.
The town board made the
following decision concerning
the request of a group of
Andrews Road residents who
had requested that town water
lines be extended to their
property.
"In as much as the present
water distribution system Is
inadequate to serve the town's
needs for fire protection and
provide ample water services
to those Inside the town lim
its, it was the decision of the
board that no further water
mains will be extended out
side the city limits until such
time as the water mains in
the town be Improved to the
extent that all town water
consumers and taxpayers can
be provided with adequate
water service at all times and
fire protection."
What Happened To Speed Signs?
What has happened to the speed limit signs for Tennessee
Street? This question was asked this week by a resident of
the street. ,
Charlie Johnson. Murphy town clerk, says the signs are In
his office. The speed limit signs arrived without brackets
to attach them K> the posts.
The town board authorized the speed lltnlt signs it
a meeting two months ago.
Hearing This Thursday
On Public Otility Bill
RALEIGH - A public hear
ing will be held here Thurs
day, April 25, at 10:30 a.m.
by the Senate Public Utilities
Committee on a bill Intro
duced by Sen. W. Frank For
syth of Cherokee County, re
voking the authority of all
public utilities in the state to
collect Increased rates under
bond.
The cut-off would come with
the first billing date following
enactment of the legislation.
Sen. James.G.Stikeleather,
Jr., of Buncombe County Fir
day announced the calling of
the public hearing. Stikelea
ther is the committee
chairman.
Forsyth's bill Is aimed at
doing generally what an earl
ier bill he authoried would
have done specifically ?
stopping Nantahala Power and
Light Co. from collecting rate:
that were boosted under bond
an average of 33 and a third
per cent In July. 1961.
Forsyth first Introduced a
bill specifically revoking the
authority of Nantahala to con
tinue collecting the higher
rates In five far western
counties.
Nantahala struck back at a
public hearing with charges
the measure was vindictively
discriminatory and argued
that no single business
should be the target of such
legislation.
Forsyth answered the dis
crimination charge by writ
ing a new bill saying, in ef
fect, that no utility ( including
Nantahala) can do whatNanta
hala is doing.
It apparently also would
affect Western Carolina Tele
phone Co. which put a rate
increase inn effect under bond
more than a year ago. The
opponents of the increase into
effect under bond more than a
year ago. The opponents of the
Increase won denial of the
boost from the State Utilities
Commission and in Sigjerlor
Court, but the matter is still
to be heard next fall by the
State Supreme Court.
wolf creek community
Mooting Set May 2nd
WOLF CREEK - Residents
of the Wolf Creek Community
have scheduled a meeting for
their entire coram unity at the
home of Winston Hawkins on
Thursday, May 2. The purpose
of this special meeting will
be d discuss ways x> further
Improve the commurdty, their
youth programs, income po
tentials, community beaullfl
catlon and home Improvement.
In a meeting Monday night
at the home of Mrs. Louise
Helton, the meeting for May
2 was discussed. Attending
the meeting along with Mrs.
Helton were: Mr. and Mrs.
Troy Slmonds, Winston Haw
kins, Hoover Blue, and Jim
Stewart, County Extension
Chairman.
All citizens In the Won
Creek Community were Invit
ed to attend this meeting to
discuss ways to Improve the
community. A decision will
be made at this meeting to
consider joining the Cherokee
Cotnty Community Develop
ment ConmsL
Wlpsnn Hawkins has chal
lenged the commmlty with a
ten dollar award for an over
flow crowd. "If too many
people attend to get lna> my
house, I will offer a tan dol
lar award," Hawkins said.
Leaders are out to see that
Hawkins loses his ten dol
lars. The money will be ap
plied on a project selected
by the grotg).
Fire Destroys Timber Products Pallet Mill
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Friday, April 19.
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